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Ah Ming's Store & Residence (fmr)

Author

Shire of Broome

Place Number

15878
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Location

14 Carnarvon St Broome

Location Details

REGISTERED AS PART OF 291

Other Name(s)

Dampier's Chest
Mr Kwok Cheung Yee

Local Government

Broome

Region

Kimberley

Construction Date

Constructed from 1900

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents More information
Heritage List Adopted 28 Aug 2014

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type Status Date Documents
(no listings)

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type Status Date Grading/Management More information
Category Description
Municipal Inventory Adopted 28 Aug 2014 Grading A

Grading A

A place of exceptional cultural heritage significance to Shire of Broome and the state of Western Australia, that is either in the Heritage Council of Western Australia’s Register of Heritage Places, or worthy of consideration for entry into the Register. A place worthy of recognition and protection through provisions of the Shire of Broome’s Town Planning Scheme. Recommend: Maximum encouragement to owners to retain and conserve the place. Full consultation with property owner prior to making the recommendation.

Parent Place or Precinct

00291 Chinatown Conservation Area

Physical Description

The single storey timber framed building with front verandah is zero setback to the street frontage, and has a substantial double storey at the rear. The timber-framed building is clad with horizontal colorbond cladding, as for the gabled roof. Each of the two shop fronts is symmetrical.

History

Lot 391 was owned by pearler Frank Biddles. Storekeepers Yee Ah Chun, Jock Sign and Thom Fong leased the land from 1903 to at least 1922 and ran a store on the site. The two storey residence at the rear was used as a boarding house at various times. In the 1930s, Yu Kwok Cheung (Georgie), also known as Kwok Cheung Yee, (for his father Yu Ming Noi-also known as Ana Wei and Ah Ming) ran his Ah Ming Store in the store (north). In the 1930s the south shop was known as Kannagai’s. It originally had a separate two storey residence at the rear. The north store was being run by Fong Joe in 1948, and then by Ming Neau Lee by 1954. When Ah Ming died in 1964, the business passed to Kwok Cheung Yu, who retains ownership. Various businesses have occupied the stores in recent years.

State Heritage Office library entries

Library Id Title Medium Year Of Publication
8335 Historic buildings of the Kimberley region of W.A. Book 1988

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch General Specific
Original Use COMMERCIAL Shop\Retail Store {single}
Present Use RESIDENTIAL Other
Present Use COMMERCIAL Shop\Retail Store {single}
Original Use RESIDENTIAL Other

Creation Date

18 Jan 2002

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

31 Mar 2021

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